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The roaring fire in the square was finally extinguished in the evening, and the city of Gangduo, which had been noisy all day, finally calmed down.

Most of the Ransendels who gathered took the oath to convert, most of them devoted themselves to the church of Tyre, the god of justice, in the city, and a few converted to the goddess of wealth, Waukin, or some other faith.

Originally, most people had only a superficial perfunctory attitude towards this kind of conversion...... Most believers don't think about the reason that "the temple here is completely rotten and is not enough to guide the believers", but everyone can see that this time the kingdom of Tumenis is already a lion that has been smashed to the tail, and it is not good to fight it at this time.

But then they realized that the black-robed mage was much more vicious than they had imagined—he immediately took out a few amulets from the collapsed temple, and announced that everyone who wanted to receive the reward had to step on Lansendel's emblem!

That's a blasphemous act, and after doing it, I'm afraid it won't be an ordinary donation or a long-term prayer that can get over it.

This order shattered the last shred of luck in the hearts of some of the devout believers, but after all, the commoners in the countryside like Gangdo had not received any deep-seated religious brainwashing, and looked at the bones of the priests who were still beeping in the fire, listened to the slogans repeatedly shouted by the private soldiers, 'Those who believe in the temple of the fallen will be guilty of the same crime, and their property will be confiscated and distributed to the poor people!', and after a few glances at the gold coins in the hands of the rejoicing forerunners, most of them finally chose to give in.

After the conversion is announced, you can get a pauper's certificate, and you can receive a reward of gold coins - ten gold coins, the heavy touch. The yellow luster warms most people's hearts more than the glow of the god of the morning light.

Anyway, for a country folk like himself, it doesn't really make much difference between Ransendel or Tyre, or many other gods...... It's more practical than the gold coins you can't get. And that great deity, I'm afraid, won't remember his own insignificant existence at all, right?

Let's be honest. The change of thought of these people would be so smooth, even the initiator of this incident did not expect - according to the history in memory, the Psychic Warlock had thought that there would be at least a dozen diehards in the process, so that he could add some oil to the burning pile.

But it's actually not bad now, after all, if there are a few tragedies such as dragging children and daughters or chaste martyrs, it won't have a very good impact on the plan.

It's a pity that what happened next. It's not as smooth as planned.

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"You're saying you're going to recreate the same tactics as the Camino attack?" Prince Strand's head looked up and asked Edward, "Build a teleportation circle? Central raid?"

In front of the young prince of Tumenis, a map made of whole parchment was placed on the long table in the hall of the lord of Gangdor. And before Strand looked up. Everywhere you look, there are signs of the roads. Bringing together a city as a hub for a region – not just a large city with a population of around 80,000. It also shows that if one can occupy it, it will once again be able to gradually erode away the surrounding satellite cities and auxiliary cities along those roads, and spread a new defensive ring within the territory of the empire, completely encompassing the large territory west of the defensive line.

"Yes. Edward nodded.

"One of the advantages we have today is the ability to build transmission pipelines quickly. The results of the battle were quickly extended, so I don't think we had to fight the Imperials in a decisive battle on the plains, that would be too risky. It also consumes too many resources, and each day's march consumes a lot of food and grass, which is not worth it compared to the mage spell slots that can be restored. ”

His gaze did not linger on that map for too long, but swept over the surroundings, the expressions of more than a dozen generals, and his voice carried an irrefutable bearing: "Build a teleportation amplification circle, I can carry out this task with my soldiers, and the army of the kingdom only needs to enter and occupy the city in the follow-up." This practice can also effectively prevent the escape of the opposing lord and the transfer of materials, and can also greatly avoid the consumption of troops in siege warfare. ”

"But...... Is the front stretching out too long?"

The Pyrenees spoke, the quill in his hand poking a few ink spots on the parchment map, where several strategic points were located around the city, and the distance between them was obviously easy to capture by a surprise attack.

It's just that the layers of folds between the eyebrows reveal the complexity of the thoughts that the old general is calculating in his heart.

It has to be said that this plan does have a high value.

If it is the strength of the person in front of him, it can indeed guarantee the feasibility of this attack, and the result of such a leaping attack is indeed very gratifying - as long as you capture the next central city, you can be regarded as taking all the surrounding areas under your command. One hundred and seventy miles may not sound like a long distance, but from a plane perspective, it means that nearly a quarter of the empire's territory west of the entire Gülen River-Pegasus Mountain-Youlan Forest line will be captured by Tumenis!

This is undoubtedly a huge and delicious pie, although the Gülen River is not abundant, it is a river connected to the main water network of the Empire, and near the Blue Forest, near the Techka Hills, there are two high-yield placer gold veins known to the Empire, in addition to this line, there is a large manganese iron ore, these resources alone are enough to make this place worthy of being a fertile and oily territory!

But for those who are older than the military, at this stage, this attack will do more harm than good.

There is only one biggest problem, that is, if Tumenis wants to swallow this huge pie, he will face the danger of choking to death, and occupying a city and the surrounding strategic points does not mean completely occupying it, and most of the resources in the large territory in the center - population, food, livestock, and minerals are controlled by the local lords, for a while. But it's hard to get it.

The political system in this world is a standard feudal lord system, and the lords of various places are like small emperors, if they can't be subdued, taxes, recruitment and other things can't be carried out at all, and the empire has a vast territory and a large population, and it is relatively easy to recruit soldiers. If a local lord is really ruthless, it is not difficult to recruit one or two thousand people at once.

The result of this problem was the need for a large number of soldiers to repopulate the occupied area, and after the Camino leap to the top, this problem was actually highlighted - this offensive. Tumenes had brought with him an army of 47,000 lords, but when he attacked Gangduo. He could only barely gather 30,000 soldiers and horses. The remaining fifteen-odd people were completely scattered by the three medium-sized cities around the Camino and were held back by the efforts to suppress and intimidate the minor lords everywhere.

Although at this stage, it is not difficult for the 30,000 horses in the hands of Tumenis to suppress another area, but in this process. It is obviously impossible for the Empire to just watch, and although they have not yet improved their teleportation methods under the shroud of Pandorion's evil talisman, Tikadran is already approaching the middle level of the Empire's territory. If the armies of the surrounding local lords converge, they can also cobble together an army of twenty or thirty thousand men, and even if the elite troops of Tumenes are inferior in quality, they can concentrate a little to attack the defensive circle, but the trouble caused cannot be ignored.

"Your Excellency, if you are worried about the number of soldiers, then the solution is simple. ”

The Psychic Warlock smiled and said, proposing a solution that these regular soldiers did not like very well: "It is enough to absorb local troops, local small lords, mercenary groups, and even thieves groups...... Simply guarantee the scope of his original fiefdom, knighthood, and these puppet soldiers...... Well, the Imperial Army, the Security Corps, or the plainclothes team, the Security Brigade? In short, it would be good to use the Imperial people to deal with the Imperial people. ”

"Imperials, are they reliable?" several tens of thousands of captains glanced at each other, and they all saw a trace of contempt in each other's eyes: "Your Excellency Viscount, those people are Imperials, for us, they can't have any loyalty to us, let them join our military plans, once they defect, the danger will be too great." ”

"I think you may have some misunderstandings, and I think that if you are not from the same empire, you will definitely be like a family. The psychic warlock lowered his gaze slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little weird:

"Of course, such a team can't be used at will, we can break it up and mix it up, and then use them as much as possible to be responsible for clearing out local forces, and once these people attack the original lord, they themselves will not be allowed to join the empire's military system, and they can only work for us, and in doing so, there is also an advantage that most of the threatening armies of those local lords can be directly transferred away, reducing the risk of their rebellion. It is impossible for a temporarily recruited peasant soldier to have much combat effectiveness. And these imperial people are not bad for siege, isn't it?"

These words made all the generals look at each other, and then, inevitably, some people began to nod their heads in joy.

Although the military level in this plane is still in a low part, those who can do it here are naturally smart people, and they can understand without thinking that this trick can indeed alleviate the problem of insufficient soldiers. And even if those Imperial people died, it would have no effect on Tuminis, and it was the most suitable to use as cannon fodder...... There were even a few tens of thousands of people who had always had dirty thoughts, and they immediately remembered that some less glamorous work, such as increasing the collection of grain, paying taxes, and even destroying some opponents, could also be handed over to these imperial allies. And once this kind of thing is done, the relationship between these Imperial people and the civilians of the Empire will definitely be even worse, and they will not have a better way out except to work for the kingdom.

"It's really shady...... No, I mean, Viscount Edward, you have a point. ”

The young prince stretched out his finger and dotted on the map: "And I think this method should also be suitable for the land use that we have now, well, recovered, so that we can reduce the consumption of the army as much as possible before the large-scale migration activities......"

"Your Royal Highness, I don't think this method is feasible!"

"Why, Lord Rudolph, you have a better opinion?"

The Psychic Warlock snorted coldly and turned his gaze to the young soldier who had interrupted His Royal Highness, who was also staring into his eyes for a moment, striding towards the center of the hall before bowing to the young Prince: "Your Highness." The 12,000 soldiers of the Demon Wolf Legion have arrived on the Camino, waiting for your orders. ”

"Oh, Rudolph, hard work. The prince stretched out his hand lightly, but was obviously not in the mood to be polite to him: "Rudolph, from what you just said, it seems that you have a better interpretation of Vincent's plan, so why don't you explain it to everyone in detail?"

"Interpretation...... I beg your pardon, Your Highness, I mean. This method must not be feasible!" The young captain raised his head, his eyes flashing: "First, Your Excellency Edward, I should probably be sure that you are anxious to contribute to the country, but. , before we digest the resources of the empire along the Camino line. I don't think so. It would be a good idea to jump another hundred and seventy miles, as it would not help us to concentrate. While this approach does fit a mage's way of thinking, it doesn't fit the battle situation at the moment. We cannot afford to bury our original strengths in arrogance. ”

"I think it's just a lost opportunity to be too tepid. Edward snorted.

He has no good impression of this imperial demon wolf. Especially if this guy is here, then there is a good chance that that Thomas has already completed his preparations and may have come here. Spying on James...... Strand's actions, and on the other hand, if he had other plans, he should not be indifferent to his move to go to the temple of Ransendel.

"Although we have won several victories in a row, I hope everyone is wary of such victories, because most of the reason we were able to win in the early stage was the laxity of the Empire people who had not fought for hundreds of years, and partly because of the sudden mutation of teleportation magic and the support of the Mage Academy. ”

In the moment when the main opponent was thinking about perception, the young demon wolf had already begun his explanation.

"But with all due respect, Viscount Vincent, don't forget who our chief enemy is!" he said word for word, his hoarse voice like a hammer striking down on it.

"The Imperial Expeditionary Force has begun to retreat from the territory of Tuminis, even if in the process, they have fought a battle with our border division, my Demon Wolf Legion and the Kingdom Praetorian Guard, and the losses are not small, but they still have a combat power that we cannot compare, in addition, the defense of the Camino line is not impregnable, the Imperial people are on the border, and the three Imperial Elector Legions near Camino City, the Thunder Red Dragon, Scarlet Yan and the Withered White Phoenix, are the elite of their elite, that is a group of troops that can use special spells to strengthen the battle, although the number is not much, but I think Your Excellency Edward, you who have fought directly with them, should be well aware of their abilities. ”

After a pause, he pointed out the problem in the psychic warlock's statement without hindrance.

"In addition, I want to explain that the miscellaneous troops recruited in those places are undisciplined! Therefore, this kind of action of yours will only cause large-scale chaos in the local security! We are not attacking the empire for the purpose of simply plundering here! We are expanding our territory! Without a stable life, how can the subjects here willingly become nationals of the Kingdom of Tuminis? Are you ready to let the results of our expedition come to naught, leaving only hundreds or even thousands of years of infamy?

Edward was slightly silent.

I have to say that this demon wolf is indeed the key to seeing part of the facts, Edward knows very well that the shortcoming of the puppet army strategy is that discipline and morality are lax, and it can't be called an army at all, and it's not surprising that the guys who break the jar do anything outrageous, not only do they not have too high combat effectiveness, but they will also cause serious damage to local law and order. It is indeed not conducive to domination.

It's just that he knows that he has no interest in such things as expanding his territory, and Tumenes is just a tool for his purposes, big or small, for him, it is just a passing thing.

He took the initiative to propose an attack plan for only one purpose, that is, the size of Tikadran - a place with a large population, naturally there will be a large temple of dawn, taking advantage of the chaos of the siege to destroy it is the most desired goal of the psychic warlock, otherwise, such as Gangdo this time, this kind of small temple with only six or seven people, even if a hundred or ten are demolished, Lansender may not feel pain.

However, if you can't go to the idea of hitting the temple in the distance, then you can actually do it in the near distance...... Right?

"Well, I see, I'm sorry, Commander Rudolph, I do seem to be a little whimsical,"

After a moment of thought, Edward raised his face and gave the other party a gentle smile: "It seems that compared to the real General, my guess may not be so accurate. Now that Commander Rudolph is here, let me take my leave."

He bowed slightly, and disappeared into a cloud of light. The light rippled, and it dissipated along with his body!

"Demon Wolf Legion...... Hehe, since they can stop at Romante, this group of people must be in good strength, right? I don't know, will it be better than the priests of His Majesty Lansendel?"

As he stepped out of the door, Edward's eyes flickered, as if he had abandoned his current plan, but the larger plan was outlined in his mind...... (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!)